WEBVTT SUBMITTED THIS AFTERNOON.TERRI: RIGHTIT ALL STEMS FROM A PUBLICRECORDS REQUEST AFTER THECOUNCILMAN TERENCE DAVIS SAID INHE WAS FIRING JONATHAN EVANS.A CITIZEN FILED A LAWSUIT SAIDHE WANTED THE PUBLIC RECORDS.TERENCE DAVIS IN RESPONSE SAIDTHERE WERE NO DOCUMENTS.TRADRICK MCCOY SUED DAVIS ANDTHE CITY AFTER HE ASKED TO SEETHE PUBLIC RECORDS THAT DAVISREFERRED TO, AND THE CITY SAIDTHERE ARE NO DOCUMENTS.THAT IS WHY HE WENT TO THEJUDGE.YESTERDAY, THE JUDGE IN THELAWSUIT ORDERED THE CITY ADAVIS TO PRODUCE THE EVIDENCETHAT DAVIS SAID HE HAD ANDPROMISED AT THE MEETING TOREVEAL.BUT WHAT THEY PRODUCED TONIGHTWAS JUST A LIS OF MINUTES AND AREFERENCE TO THE VIDEOTAPESONLINE OF THE MEETINGS, MEETINGSWHERE THEY NEVER DISCLOSED ANYOF THE ALLEGED EVIDENCTERENCE DAVIS WRITES THIS IN HISSWORN AFFIDAVIT -- I AM NOT INPOSSESSION OF OR AWARE OF ANYOTHER PUBLIC RECORDS WHICH ARERESPONSIVE TO MR. MCCOY'SCLARIFIED PUBLIC RECORDSREQUEST. NO OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS, SODAVIS IS BASICALLY SAYING HEDOES NOT HAVE THIS DOCUMENT HEALWAYS INSISTED HE HAD TOSUPPORT FIRING THE CITY MANAGERTHAT OUTLINED ANY WRONGDOING.AT LEAST THERE ARE NO DOCUMENTSAVAILABLE FOR CITY RECORDS.

Councilman admits in lawsuit there are no documents supporting city manager’s firing

Seven weeks after Councilman Terence Davis motioned to fire City Manager Jonathan Evans, he still has not produced the documented evidence he said he had to support the firing, and admits in a lawsuit he is not aware of any such documents.

Tradrick McCoy sued Davis and the city following the firing, after he made a public records request for the evidence Davis said he relied upon to fire Evans, and was told there were no documents.

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A Judge Tuesday ordered the city and Davis to produce those documents within 24 hours.

Just before the deadline the city’s attorney responded with a letter that referred McCoy back to the public meetings’ online recordings and minutes, saying there was nothing else to offer.

In an affidavit, Davis also referred back to those minutes, concluding:

“I am not in possession of or aware of any other public records which are responsive to Mr. McCoy’s clarified public records request.”

Davis said during his motion for firing Jonathan Evans that he should be fired for cause, for committing misfeasance – but refused, even to two other council members, to explain what wrongdoing he was referring to, instead assuring them there was documented evidence to support his actions.